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Patience

Khanti / kshanti — the third perfection. The capacity to remain unmoved by what is unpleasant. Not endurance but a different relation to time.

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Archival photograph of a Borobudur relief panel depicting the Mahisa Jataka, a past-life tale of the Buddha illustrating the perfections

Core TeachingsMahayana

The Six Paramitas

Six perfections that the bodhisattva cultivates across countless lifetimes: generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyous effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom. The structural curriculum of the Mahayana.

Tibetan thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni surrounded by scenes of his previous lives (Jataka Tales), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Core TeachingsTheravada

The Ten Pāramī

The ten perfections of the Theravada tradition — generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, determination, loving-kindness, and equanimity. The qualities a bodhisatta cultivates across countless lifetimes on the path to buddhahood.

TextsMahayana

The Bodhicaryāvatāra

Śāntideva's 8th-century classic in ten chapters of verse — the most beloved Mahayana practice text on cultivating bodhicitta and walking the path of the bodhisattva.

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The Bodhicaryavatara — Episode 01

A recitation and reading of the Bodhicaryavatara — Shantideva's eighth-century classic on the path of the bodhisattva. Episode one of the chapter cycle, in Nepali and Tibetan.

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The Bodhicaryavatara — Episode 02

The second episode of the Bodhicaryavatara series. The chapter on confession of error, recited in the traditional manner.

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